Space Headlines

Blue Origin rocket explosion could set back NASA's plans to put astronauts on the moon
Fri May 29 5:31 pm
Engineers at Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin are trying to figure out why their massive New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad Thursday night.
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Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test
Fri May 29 1:49 am
A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, ahead of a satellite launch planned for next week.
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NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
Wed May 27 2:15 am
The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.
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The Space Nerd Club discusses new findings from the James Webb telescope
Mon May 25 4:23 pm
New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope include cloudy weather on an exoplanet, and clues to the origins of one of Neptune's moons.
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SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
Sat May 23 1:28 am
The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Starship is now one step closer to the moon.
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A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well?
Thu May 21 11:26 am
Ahead of a much anticipated IPO, SpaceX is carrying out a critical test of its giant, stainless steel rocket. Investors will be watching closely.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO plans reveal blockbuster spending on rockets and AI
Wed May 20 5:27 pm
The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier.
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An astrophysicist's take on the government's UAP files: 'Just more fuzzy blob videos'
Wed May 13 4:21 pm
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with astrophysicist Adam Frank about the government's release of files related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
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UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department
Fri May 08 3:39 pm
Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs — the military's term for UFOs — are described in documents released Friday.
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This week in space news: Artemis II next steps and a mysterious interstellar visitor
Mon Apr 27 5:24 pm
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Regina Barber and Nell Greenfieldboyce about the Artemis moon missions, the "seismic quiet" during a solar eclipse, and the origins of a mysterious interstellar visitor.
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